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Sat, Apr 2, 2022·Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg

Los Angeles Kings 3, Winnipeg Jets 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 66% of the time.

WPG winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK21911207338
WPG1611308227

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 2:21LAKAdrian KempeSHAssists: Phillip Danault, Alexander Edler · Deflected, 0.28 xG1–0
  2. P1 6:24WPGNikolaj EhlersAssists: Mark Scheifele · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P1 10:32LAKAnze KopitarAssists: Adrian Kempe, Sean Durzi · Snap, 0.16 xG2–1
  4. P2 3:05LAKGabriel VilardiPPGWGAssists: Jordan Spence, Anze Kopitar · Deflected, 0.19 xG3–1
  5. P2 13:31WPGAdam LowryAssists: Ville Heinola, Neal Pionk · Tip-in, 0.25 xG3–2
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 2:03LAKArthur Kaliyev: Elbowing2 min
  2. P1 12:35WPGNeal Pionk: Tripping2 min
  3. P2 1:10WPGBlake Wheeler: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 11:27LAKTobias Bjornfot: Hooking2 min
  5. P2 17:09LAKTrevor Moore: Boarding2 min
  6. P2 19:04LAKAdrian Kempe: Interference2 min
  7. P3 8:27LAKSean Durzi: High sticking2 min
  8. P3 15:56WPGVille Heinola: Hooking2 min
  9. P3 19:41LAKAlexander Edler: Delaying game smothering puck2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0WPG
48% to win52% to win
← LAK attackWPG attack →
  1. P1 20:00Danault won the faceoff against Dubois
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKWPG
38Shots on goal27
4.3Expected goals3.3
62Shot attempts59
26Faceoffs won31
3Power plays6
12Penalty minutes6
17Hits23
20Blocked shots15
10Giveaways13
6Takeaways7

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestKopitar – Kempe – Iafallo10:37

    xG 0.93–0.37 (71%)attempts 11–7goals 1–0

  2. Danault – Arvidsson – Moore8:32

    xG 0.61–0.10 (85%)attempts 15–5goals 0–1

  3. Grundstrom – Andersson – Kaliyev6:41

    xG 0.38–0.40 (49%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

  4. Vilardi – Kupari – Byfield8:38

    xG 0.14–0.20 (42%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Spence11:51

    xG 0.61–0.16 (79%)attempts 14–6goals 0–0

  2. Durzi – Bjornfot14:40

    xG 0.82–0.56 (59%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  3. Edler – Stecher12:21

    xG 0.28–0.74 (27%)attempts 13–14goals 0–0

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLowry – Svechnikov – Appleton7:17

    xG 0.47–0.20 (70%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

  2. Wheeler – Sanford – Dubois10:07

    xG 0.28–0.55 (33%)attempts 8–13goals 0–0

  3. Stastny – Scheifele – Ehlers8:49

    xG 0.28–0.64 (30%)attempts 5–14goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestPionk – Heinola12:16

    xG 0.96–0.47 (67%)attempts 11–11goals 2–0

  2. DeMelo – Morrissey13:37

    xG 0.43–0.41 (52%)attempts 8–11goals 0–1

  3. Dillon – Stanley11:36

    xG 0.32–0.44 (43%)attempts 11–13goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

WPG 3.3 xGLAK 4.3 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

WPGLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

WPG's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line WPG is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 38/100 · #860 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.30 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50WPG 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 66% of the time.

WPG winsLAK wins

Simulated goal difference (WPG − LAK), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).